Tuning service provided by R&P Tunings

All pianos should be tuned regularly, about twice a year is normal for a domestic piano that is played regularly.

The 3 main factors that affect tuning stability are:

1) Temperature fluctuations. Putting pianos near heat sources or in direct sunlight are constantly expanding or contracting and never settle.

2) Humidity fluctuations. If the piano is in an area where there is cooking, clothes washing or clothes drying etc., then this will also un-settle the instruments delicate balance.

3) Playing, the more its played and the harder its played, the more it will need tuning. Professional players and piano teachers often have their pianos tuned every 3 or 4 months, concert pianos are tuned for every performance to keep them sounding their very best.

Please call to make an appointment with our main tuner Rupert Frost MPTA. Who has been tuning pianos since qualifying at one of the UKs leading training facilities in London in 1986. Rupert runs his own seperate tuning company R&P Tunings with his wife from the same premises as Richard Reason Pianos and can be contacted via the shop. Rupert has spent his whole working life with pianos and is a member of the piano tuners association who accept members only after a strict test of competence in both tuning and restoration. For more information on the Piano Tuners Association visit http://www.pianotuner.org.uk

Tuning costs just £60.00 for a standard local visit to tune your piano and if neccesary sort out minor mechanical problems at the same time such as a sqeaking pedal or a sticking note. However if it has been a long time since your piano was last tuned, your piano may need 2 or 3 visits to bring it back to its best.